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Sir Julian Smith vs Claire Hughes

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 331 different votes 339 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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